I’m finally accepting my stutter and it feels amazing!
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I’m finally accepting my stutter and it feels amazing! It’s gonna take some time to truly get this down. When I’m around like coworkers I still try to hide it as idk how weird it’ll be to randomly have a prominent stutter after speaking somewhat clear. I stuttered less but had to deal with throat blocks which annoy me a lot more Today at work (I’m a cashier) I just let myself stutter. It was hard in he beginning but I warmed up to it. And you know what I noticed?!?! NOBODY CARED!!! Nobody treated me with pity, or shame, or made fun of me. I had charisma and just stuttered and THEY WERE OK WITH IT!!! We do surveys where I work and I told a lady about it and of course sounding like I was having a stroke, but I let it happen. And she said with a very friendly smile (not in a mean way) “I will totally do that for you!”. They treat me no different then when I hid my stutter with throat blocks. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. Literally the only person that ever cared was me (and a few jerks, but they don’t matter). My perception of myself made it a reality and therefor the shame I felt from others was shame from myself. This has opened my eyes so much. And at the end of the day, if I stutter bad at my job, what do I have to lose? I’ll never see these people again, so why not work on my confidence?